Former NDC Central Regional Chairman, Bernard Allotey Jacobs has diagnosed the reason behind the defeat of incumbent Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu constituency, Alhassan Bashir Fuseini, popularly known as Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini, in the just-ended National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries.
The lawmaker will no longer return to Parliament in 2025 as he lost his seat polling 333 votes while his opponent, Atta Issah, won by polling 801 to emerge winner to contest the 2024 elections on the ticket of the NDC.
The NDC Parliamentary election results in the Sagnarigu constituency came as a shock to supporters of the party and his colleagues in Parliament as they wondered what could have been the reason for the defeat of Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini.
Allotey Jacobs, speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' show, lost his seat because he didn't pay money to the delegates.
He told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that the MP would use his money to buy plastic chairs than pay the delegates.
"I'm sure A.B.A. Fuseini didn't pay them . . . the A.B.A Fuseini will rather use the money to buy bench and plastic chairs . . ." he stated.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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As the saying goes, what goes around comes around . A B A " died " in the centre of the Sagnarigu collation centre , so there is not need to announce his "death". As the "lion" of the sagnarigu constituency he frequented the delegates too much, so they treated him as a puppy. " You must have a head before you can chew corn" . In the same vain, you must be elected by your constituents before you can become an MP. I pray a future NDC government will consider him for a ministerial or CEO job. At least we will hear more proverbs anytime he's addressing a gathering. He should put his defeat behind him. We have seen people who lost their party's primaries only to be made ministers/ deputy ministers whiles those they lost to sit in parliament as just MP's without any additional post. Now between a non/MP minister or deputy minister and an MP only which of the two can help his people resource wise.? So all is not lost